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As a new acquaintance recently put it, the Sunset District could be San Francisco’s best-kept secret. It is a great community of cost-cutters, students, professionals, and sedate seniors. As part of my grand tour of San Francisco neighborhoods, I jumped into a fantastic sublet arrangement just a few blocks south of Golden Gate Park. It’s very quiet, as Sunset has few retail districts. The tranquil quality of the Sunset is a big draw for people like me. Having a view of the ocean and all incoming weather is awesome. I never gave this setting much thought until now, and these San Francisco neighborhoods just keep getting more and more interesting. It’s one thing to zip past a SF neighborhood in a car, saying, “That looked like a fun little place.” But it’s much more of a treat to spend some time in each one, indulging in all the goodness. Of the cozy communities I’ve called home, my favorite is still Edgehill Mountain.
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This little knob right next to Mt. Davidson was a perfect form of an urban oasis. English tudor houses dot the mountain top, a wildlife preserve sits on the west side, and the old scars of terrific landslides mar the south slope of the mountain - which is now pretty much a cliff. Although a few of these houses tumbled to the bottom of the hill – and on to a church in one case – the mountain is as serene and heartwarming as California can get.
My least favorite? That’s a tough one, as I have enjoyed all of them so far. Let’s refer to it as the “least exhilarating” of my experiences. It would have to be Nob Hill – often referred to by locals as Snob Hill. It wasn’t the snobs that diluted the quality, it was ALL THE NOISE! Honnnk, beeeep, ding-ding-ding, whirrrr whirrrr, kaboooom! “NO WAR!” “Hey hey, ho ho, George Bush has got to GOOOO!!” Vrrrrrroarrr, vrrrrooosh (beep!) honk… “Fock you!” beep, NO FOCK YOU ASSHOLE! Bam, screeeechhh, smash! I don’t remember ever getting a full eight hours of sleep in any given night while on Snob Hill. But to offset the decibels, the food is incredible, and so are the tourists!
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